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Haters, please, go away, the walking dead is getting better and you don't accept it. The episode reflects the good writing and creativity that angela kang brought, which had been lost since the seventh season. The previous episode ended with Rick falling from the horse on a rock and being pierced by a metal while a horde approaches him. Before talking about the episode, I want to praise the great effort you put into the episode. The direction, the assembly, the soundtrack, the performances, the writing and the creativity, were excellent and one of the best. I loved how the episode opened, with Rick in the hospital and then escaping the horde. I loved the maggie part, both michonne and maggie were amazing and the actresses got a great performance. Seeing Maggie and denying face to face, my mind exploded and the landscape between them was very emotional and made me feel sorry for denying it. Rick's hallucinations were a spectacular idea. Shane's part was quite funny and very nostalgic. The actors have very good chemistry between them and the conversation is fluid and very entertaining. Hershel's part was one of the most emotional scenes of the episode. Hershel was very important to Rick, he was the one who taught him and Rick is still fighting for him. Scott Wilson gave us something incredible and may he rest in peace. Sasha's part was the deepest in terms of dialogue and the setting is incredible, some of the comic they used to perfection. A scene that I loved was when Rick is on the bridge and is saved, something Hollywood and very well inserted, since we all thought that Rick was going to die but with that scene we were all relieved. Of course all of that was a hallucination. Rick is lost, see that the bridge does not break. Here the episode reaches climax and one of the best scenes of the series. Dryl and the others arrive to help Rick. this scene full of tension, very well accompanied by a soundtrack and a phenomenal direction. All the characters giving everything, the fear they feel for losing Rick, the performances are phenomenal. seeing michonne screaming rick broke my heart. And all this accumulated tension ends when Rick points his gun at some explosives and says his last sentence: I found them. And the whole bridge explodes. The river running represents my crying, and seeing all the characters suffering, crying, because they lost their leader, someone who fought for them and they fought for him, someone who gave everything for his family to be alive. but, jadis sees Rick and decides to take him on the helicopter and the scene ends with the same song as the first episode. then we jumped six years with the magna group being saved by judith, judith grimes.

Goodbye Rick Grimes, the best character in the series, with everything started, seeing his growth as the new world affected him and how he tried to save his family at all costs is something beautiful.

I'm glad they made Rick go out with a bang! I loved all the flashbacks to remind us how great of a character he is. Who knows we may come back I hope

This was an outstanding way to say goodbye to one of the best TV characters of all time.. The legend Rick Grimes. The directing, the soundtrack, the emotions, the acting.. Everything was amazing. Andrew Lincoln delivered one of his best TWD performances.

After many years of having an IMDB account, this is the first time I write a review.. I couldn't help it. Farewell, Rick Grimes.

What an amazing episode, Rick got to have an heroic emotional send off while also still being alive, it's the best thing they could of done because now he can come back any time he wants and hope he does because the reunion with Michonne and Daryl would be emotional similar to when he reunited with Lori and Carl, I wouldn't call this a cop out because AMC never said Rick would die they just said it was his final episode and it probably is because they are continuing his story in a movie , Andrew Lincoln even said at Comic Con that Ricks Grimes story is far from over, he just wanted to leave the show because he wants spend time with his family

One of the best episodes of the entire series. They brought our favourite characters back: Sasha, Hershel and Shane. 3 correct picks IMO. This was the best episode since 7x01 'The Day Will Come When You Won't Be'. Direction, script, performances were simply amazing. The story was perfectly told. We knew about the people in the helicopter since season 7 (I think) and I'm glad they were the ones who saved Rick (besides Jadis/Anne).

Even if you HATED this farewell, you CAN'T rate this with a 1/10. Goodbye Andrew. Television Academy didn't awarded him with an Emmy (or even a nomination) but I hope the 3 movies bring him justice (to him and the show).

Nothing has ever pumped me up so hard as to when the group first saved Rick at the bridge it is probably my favorite moment on the show ever, shame it was a dream. It always confused me why they announced it was going to be ricks final season, now I understand why, that moment when Rick blows the bridge and seemingly goes with is probably the most emotionally impact moment ever on this scene, if it had not previously been stated it was the end of rick grimes I would have just thought "Ah another dumpster Glenn moment" but instead you get a punch in the gut when Rick dies but then you find out it's only Ricks final episode... for now. My hope is Andrew Lincoln will come come back for then full length of the final season whenever that will be. My belief was always that Carl who take over when rick left but that idea vanished last season so I had no hope for this show once I heard Rick was leaving but with this time skip there a new leading lady in town and she's looking even more bad ass than Carl, my once idea of giving up on the show after Rick leave has turned into excitement. The walkers are evolving!

I have a feeling this is one of those episodes that I will go back and forth on for a long time on whether I like it or not. After hearing what happened on Talking Dead (with Gimple announcing that Rick Grimes story is not over and will continue over a series of films) makes this episode an incomplete journey, and that's exactly what I was hoping would not be the case. I simply do not have the words to find to express my feelings on what AMC has pulled tonight.

For months we have been marketed that this was Rick Grimes final episodes, and to me, that guarantees that he bites the bullet because this universe hasn't been one to show people leaving the show alive, except for maybe Morgan. As soon as we see Jadis take Rick off in the helicopter, I had flashbacks to the finale in season 6, when we were all jerked around by AMC for a 10 minute Negan speech, only to have to wait 6 months to see who met the bad end of Lucille. And that stuns me because of how far the ratings have dropped, it feels like this is AMC's last swing at bringing people back into watching the show.

And that may not even be the biggest stunner, it's that the show is now taking ANOTHER time jump, this time it's been 6 years, and Judith is now the new Carl? I get it, this is all paralleling the beginning of the series and having Rick spend the entire final episode by himself on a horse (while he hallucinates), was a cool callback to the pilot, but I'm not sure how I feel about having another time jump and seeing Judith as a lead character. I really would have liked to see the immediate aftermath with everyone's reaction to the "death" of Rick Grimes. Those have been some of my favorite episodes, watching the characters attempt to move on with their life after some characters have departed.

Look, I love Rick Grimes. I think he's one of the greatest characters in television history. I will watch anything they put that character in and so that's why I do reserve the right to change my mind on how I feel about how AMC handled tonight's last 10 minutes. And that's also the other thing, I really liked a majority of the episode, but the ending is just a questionable way to end this era of the show.

8.0/10.

TWD has a new showrunner and guess what? That was the best decision for this show. Well, people already now that but what's new to the story is that Mr. Grimes LIVES.

This final episode of Rick Grimes is just PERFECT. The flashbacks and dream sequences with Shane, Hershel and Sasha are emotionally driven and their poignancy is hard to deny. The hug between Rick and Hershel felt so real and it really gives you all the feels. Shane's and Sasha's presence felt really good and the show lost a lot after these two have died. The little storyline during these hallucinations "I need to find my family" was actually really emotional and well-done. I was sure we'd see Lori and Carl during Rick's trippy adventure.

Well, the ending is pure epicness, if that's even a word. There is a lot of BOOM and a lot of WOAH and a lot of WTF. Jadis/Anne plays such a huge role in this episode, Pollyanna's performance was fantastic. I find it funny that Rick actually blows up the bridge to stop the monster herd -- the episode before, he told Daryl that he won't sacrifice it. Well... makes up for an epic scene anyway.

To be honest: I really like the fact that Rick survived. The whole helicopter-arc is far from over and the movies and spin-offs are not far, my friends.

The ending scene with Judith was amazing. Just look at this little badass-queen. I didn't think I'd be so freaking excited for the episodes without Rick. This time-jump was needed and we'll see what Angela Kang brings to the table. Props to her! What she is doing with this show is top-notch entertainment.

Edit: It's a bit sad that Enid, Tara, Rosita and a few others haven't had that much screentime since episode 2. I guess it's due to Rick's send-off and they wanted him to spend more with characters from earlier seasons. I guess we can see more of them from next week on!

Well after a marketing stunt of telling us a character was going to die and to tune in for his final episode, it's finally here.

And it's...underwhelming.

Visually, it's beautiful and very ambitious. Lots of great callbacks to the first few seasons and seeing old characters return, all while Rick hallucinates and fights his injury. But for the amount of work put in and the way everyone was hyping it up, there wasn't really a lot here. Lots of Rick just walking a bit faster than the walkers while stumbling and barely escaping. And then in the penultimate moment where the bridge blows up and the death seems real, he's...saved by a helicopter? Saved by Jadis? What the heck?? I waited to see what the hell that meant but NOPE, BYE RICK. That's it? Seriously? And then we get a random time jump at the end where Judith is suddenly older and saving people from death. Ok...

Andrew Lincoln will go down as a legend, the main hero of a once incredible show. But he deserved a better final episode. This was just a poorly done ratings stunt that failed to give us a satisfying conclusion to Ricks story. 4/10

While I had of course heard the stories about Andrew Lincoln leaving TWD after all these years, I kept myself sufficiently in the dark to not realise as we embarked upon "What Comes After" that this would be "that episode". Cleverly, there were no real hints at the outset. So, as I write this just minutes after part 5 ended, I must honestly say that what transpired proved amazingly affecting. It was indeed moving, as is only fit for the departure of a key - the key - character in the show. They did him quite proud, while - in some weird sense - Andrew Lincoln also did his country (which is also my country) proud by effortlessly taking the lead in an American series. Good luck with whatever comes next, Andrew - and I must say I have liked several of your earlier roles (not least in "Afterlife" of 2005-6)

As Season 8 came to an end and I reviewed that dramatic final episode, I wrote somewhat prophetically about TWD metamorphosing (needing to metamorphose) into more of a "survival in the dystopia" kind of series, as Seasons 7 and 8 had rehashed much, and TWD in general was failing to recognise humanity's near infinite capacity to move on, to get over catastrophe. Something had to give, and I thus felt quite vindicated to see Season 9's first few episodes devoting themselves to just that - an attempt to build, farm, settle down, unite and live more peaceably.

In a sense I then feel a bit cheated, as basically the 4 episodes were a setting for Rick to get a new kind of leadership and peacemaker role, before heading off into the wide blue yonder. And - actually/meaningfully/quite devastatingly - he COULD NOT not keep those communities together no matter how hard he tried. That meant a need to switch to plan B and his exit, wounded, on a white horse, leading a gigantic combined herd of walkers to their mass deaths and to becoming food for the sharks somewhere downstream.

I suppose that was about as much as we could have expected, and it was genuinely heroic-looking and far better than nothing. Of course, this episode also featured a break and then a reconciliation with an ultimately-tearful Daryl (tremendous moment that, BTW). But this character is likely to look even more out of place in a Rickless world, and all the more so in a world that has jumped 5 years on. We also saw Maggie working out how she feels about Negan staying alive, and this again proved more impressive than it might have done, as did Michonne - of all people - ultimately ignoring Rick's wishes and letting Maggie do what she had to with Negan. Since Daryl had also rebelled against Rick, giving Maggie her chance to deal with Negan, getting Rick into a hole (literally) and basically giving rise to the circumstances that would get rid of Rick altogether, it is a surpisingly clear and sobering rebuke for Rick's peacemaking and trying to do right by Carl.

There is then a certain creative tension about, which was - after all - what we were very much looking for and in need of. And the jump into the future, while quite an outrageous thing to do, also responds further - definitively - to the criticism I among others offered regarding TWD getting stuck in a rut. So all credit for having the courage to do that. And to do that in episode 5 is dramatic indeed, so I can only say how glad I am to have no idea whatever of what episode 6 and beyond will bring...

I thought that would be the end of my review, but it could not be and I came back! Judith is 6 years older or whatever, Rick is still alive out there somewhere, but he has never got back to her and Michonne - now that is some kind of torture of sadness for all of us, and will need some very special explaining indeed...

I hope Rick returns soon, he is the backbone of the series

Brilliantly written and suspense all the way through. Loved it and thankyou Andrew Lincoln

It was fun to see all the old characters that had fallen by the wayside..I gotta say though, alot of the scenes with rick just had me laughing...Why? well, seeing him come to life at the last minute in the middle of a zombie hoard abt 20ft away and save himself, then get on a horse only to get off again and again get raided by zombies!, then get back on the horse only to toodle along at a walking pace instead of galloping the hell away from them, and lastly falling off the damn horse yet again...I gotta laugh,its comical....What I found interesting was the confrontation of maggie and michone...that was cool and the utter decimation of the once all powerful, ego filled ,strutting Negan turned into a whimpering,self pitying ,pathetic mess...that was some cool writing...Of course Negan could have been playing maggie,being a master manipulator,he may have acted out as he did to save his life and buy time for some later escape..The finale, with rick blowing the bridge and the writers deciding to keep him alive, rescued by the helicopter with garbage girl and That weird storyline...Im glad he is alive to fight another day, in future movies it seems...and lastly, little judith becoming a mini sarah conner, or better yet carl jr 2.0 was cool..time jumps are fine with me as they break up stagnant current storyline that may be going nowhere and kickstart things in new directions.. Not great but not bad either..

The shark has been jumped! An okay episode, with so many holes and ridiculous situations (Rick's sniper like shooting, Judith's too, LOL). TWD is Rick Grimes' story. Now, there is no Rick Grimes. To top it all off, Rick somehow ending up down river, when he was nowhere near the bridge opening when it blew and conveniently landing 6 feet from Jadis? Amazing coincidence.